"Personally, you are extremely selfish! Publicly, you have accomplished nothing! You are all good-for-nothings! What use are you to me?"

Emperor Mingde stood on the stage and looked down at everyone below.

If the prince were still alive, how could the situation be like this today?

Thinking of this, Emperor Mingde's eyes changed and cold sweat broke out on his back.

Fortunately, the prince died young, otherwise when he gave the throne to someone else, he would find out that "this prince is not the prince". What would be the consequences...

Emperor Mingde now suddenly regretted that he had appointed the crown prince too early, which caused him to focus all his energy on training the crown prince in his early years and neglect the discipline of his other sons.

Seeing his three remaining sons fighting like fighting cocks all day long, only focusing on each other's mistakes, he felt disappointed and regretful.

But now, it's too late.

Starting with Lord Cao, everyone passed the evidence in their hands around and looked at it, then fell silent.

When King Xuan and King Yi heard Emperor Mingde say this, they were shocked.

This is the first time that my father has brought up this topic so clearly in front of everyone.

"Father, please calm down! Fourth brother has committed a serious offense and deserves to be punished. There's no need to get so angry about him that you become ill!"

Prince Yi looked at Emperor Mingde's dark face and quickly spoke to comfort him.

"Fourth brother! I didn't expect you to be so bold! You..."

After reading the evidence in his hand, King Xuan looked at King Zhuang in disbelief.

Collaborating with foreign tribes is one thing, but actually promising to give away a city! This is simply outrageous!

The person who circulated the evidence had never shown it to Earl Yongle and the others. Prince Zhuang was anxious, "Father! My son is innocent! I don't even know where this bastard got these things, and now Father has convicted me without even asking. Is he really that unbearable in your heart?"

It would have been fine if Prince Zhuang hadn't spoken, but once he did, the anger in Emperor Mingde's eyes could no longer be contained. "You're not even going to ask? Those are all letters between you and the traitor Song Yifei! And the testimony signed by that traitor and the foreigner!"

"Are you saying that all of this was fabricated by Prince Ping? Huh?!"

Emperor Mingde knew that his son was stupid, but he didn't expect him to be so stupid!

He had ambitions but no means, so it was so easy for others to find fault with him. If his means were a little more sophisticated, he would be looked up to.

King Zhuang's expression suddenly changed.

How dare Song Yifei keep the correspondence between them?!

Seeing that Prince Zhuang was unwilling to give up, Zhonglizhou added, "The witnesses, evidence, and correspondence are all here. If the uncle still has objections, the Khan of Tatar can help to testify."

Before going to Beijing, Zhonglizhou had made all the necessary preparations.

The Tatars are now just their defeated enemies, so it is very easy to get them to come out and testify.

When King Zhuang heard this, he immediately grasped at straws and said, "You are often at the border, often dealing with foreigners. Who knows if you and your father have joined forces with foreigners to frame me?"

"Father! My son has always been in the capital and has never left. How could he have colluded with foreigners? His evidence is full of loopholes and cannot be trusted!"

Earl Yongle immediately followed up, "That's right! Your Highness Prince Zhuang has never left the capital, so how could he be colluding with foreigners? On the contrary, Prince Ping and his son are often at the border. Perhaps they have joined forces with foreigners to frame Your Highness!"

A group of people looked at Zhongli Zhou again.

Each side held their own view, and both had some truth in their arguments. What surprised them even more was the Prince of Ping's calmness and ease in his every move.

Lord Cao and others narrowed their eyes and looked at Zhongli Zhou quietly.

I never realized before that Prince Ping is so big?

And he looked obviously different from the other imperial grandchildren in the capital.

"Uncle and Earl Yongle, there's no need to quibble. My father and I have been guarding the border for years, and whenever we meet foreigners, we engage in combat. The situation you're describing simply doesn't exist. Furthermore, Prince Zhuang used the lives of Master Song Yifei and his apprentice sister as leverage to instigate his entry into the Jiang family, and subsequently framed Uncle Fifth. The testimony clearly states how he did it."

"The witnesses and evidence are all here. If the Emperor's uncle feels that I have framed you, please produce the evidence instead of making random accusations out of frustration."

Zhongli Zhou retreated after he finished speaking, not at all bothered by King Zhuang's words.

Ji Fengshou's eyes became brighter and brighter as he watched, and he began to review what Ji Changying had said before in his mind.

The emperor has more than just these three sons. Since their family has already offended someone, why not...

"What else do you have to say?! Since you're saying it's a false accusation, then produce evidence to prove it's all false!"

Emperor Mingde looked at Prince Zhuang with some disappointment.

He is not even as good as a mere teenager. He grows in age but not in brains!

The incident happened too suddenly. King Zhuang had never expected that Zhonglizhou would suddenly attack, and he had no idea that Song Yifei was still alive and had reached the capital alive.

For a moment, he couldn't produce any evidence.

Seeing Prince Zhuang speechless, Earl Yongle secretly hated him for not living up to his expectations. However, he thought that if he didn't explain today's events clearly, not only Prince Zhuang, but also Earl Yongle's Mansion would not have a good ending.

He immediately fell to the ground and cried out, "Your Majesty! I'm not as eloquent as the Crown Prince, but my loyalty to Your Majesty is evident to all heaven and earth! Back when Your Majesty was penniless, I offered all my wealth to help Your Majesty lead the army north, loyal and unwavering, never retreating. I never imagined that only twenty years later, my family would be questioned like this! Whether it was intentional or not, I have no way to defend myself, Your Majesty!"

Emperor Mingde stood there and looked at Earl Yongle: "No matter how much friendship is said, it will be exhausted. Bring the sword!"

He reached out to Eunuch Liu who was standing beside him.

Eunuch Liu was startled and respectfully presented the sword with both hands.

Everyone below was on edge at this moment, and Earl Yongle was shocked by Emperor Mingde's words.

"Today I will personally behead this unfilial son! For my throne, you surrendered before the battle, ruining our family fortune! I will just pretend I never gave birth to a good-for-nothing like you!"

Emperor Mingde drew his sword and slashed at King Zhuang.

"His Majesty!"

A group of people exclaimed and rushed forward to stop him. Prince Zhuang was even more frightened by Emperor Mingde's attitude. He knelt on the ground and kept backing away, looking at Emperor Mingde in horror: "Father! Are you really going to kill me?"

He had thought it was just a scare, but he didn't expect it to be real!

"I've killed more people in my time than you've eaten! Do you think I'm too old to lift a knife?!"